The “messiah
complex” is often a problem among us. We
are tempted with the idea “If it wasn’t for me, things would fall apart…Who
would take care of things if I were not around?…No one else is competent to
do it…I am the only one.” We think it
is all up to us. We thing we can rescue
people who do not want to be rescued – save people who do not want to be
saved. Even the real Savior cannot do
that.
Jesus is the only one who holds all
things together:
Colossians
- “And he [Jesus] is before all things, and in him all
things hold together.”
Hebrews 1:3 – “He is the radiance of
the glory of God and the exact imprint of his
nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power… “
Maybe we ought to allow
Him to have His place, and we remember ours.
Aesop one time told a story about a fly that was riding along attached
to the wheel of a chariot. As the chariot
roared down the way, the fly looked behind him and said, “My, what a dust storm
I’m causing!” Indeed…
